Rumours, and in some cases actual complaints, regarding the late payment of funds intended for clubs but initially paid out by Uefa to the FAI, are fairly routine. They are not confined to prize money. After their Europa League run in 2011, Shamrock Rovers were left waiting on around €500,000 for more than six months and are believed to have experienced significant difficulty in obtaining payment. Dundalk faced Zenit St Petersburg in the group stages of the 2016-17 Europa League. This is not some minority sport, this is he sport that is most played in the country.”

Source: The Irish Times April 03, 2019 09:10 UTC